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Does anyone know what the story is with the recent installation of roadside poles with solar panels is? The roads appear to have been cut in a grid pattern too.

I think it's just the BBC channels that are available, it's a pity more isn't available as I'd like something different to listen to in the car.

http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/postcodesearch/

I think it's still the same owner, an elderly man. There used to be 2 men that ran it, keeping it open 24 hours a day. Just the 1 now which would explain the haphazard hours.

Don't think you can get Classic FM. The only DAB stations I have seen in Lerwick are Radios 1 - 6, worldservice and asian network. The other option is internet radio giving you thousands of channels, but no Radio Shetland!

Thanks Paul, I'll join the club. I am already a member of NCMD and would encourage others to join too.  I have checked the burnt mound is not a scheduled monument.

I'll maybe take you up on that Frances, I see there was a WW2 camp there too. Always a chance of a nice button or badge from a military camp.

Having found SMDCHS and this thread when looking for info about Romans in Shetland I would be interested in joining the club. I notice there is no fee mentioned, would I be right in thinking you are still to set up a committee and would then sort out fees etc.?

Here's another, not as bad as the black pickup but still close to corner by the time he pulls in.

You'd need something reasonably powerful, a small car will struggle.cars have weight ratings as to what they can tow. What do you have?

The sheltie is 18 ft but is reasonably manageable single handed. Some slips are easier than others for a one man launch.

There is only one solution to all your moaning.

 

GET THE BUS !! No seriously! Take the bus!

All of you.

Including the copper!

 

Or buy a motorbike.

 

Sorted!

Yes the petrofac guys are bad but so are many of the locals. Several mornings lately I have been overtaken by a boy racer who has proceeded to overtake the cars in front of me into the face of oncoming cars or around blind bends or crests of hills, not long before he kills someone!

Sorted noo

Taken on 21 April 

Royal Navy Westland Lynx by GordonW73, on Flickr

Ok it's a while since I posted or used Flickr, how do I put pic from Flickr on here now?

During my searches on this law, all I could find was that the motor trade couldn't have 2 cars parked within a certain distance on a stretch of road. Couldn't see anything stopping Joe Blogs putting a car for sale on a public road, but perhaps just didn't find the correct article.

J M Johansen coming through Lerwick Harbour at lunchtime

Anyway the big Porsche goes home tomorrow. It has been fantastic driving about your beautiful island with it.

Everyone seemed to like it and gave it a lot of respect.

So THANK YOU Shetland.!!

And Goodbye.

It was nice to see the Porsche even if it was only in passing, not been a 928 here for a few years!

Fine in Lerwick:

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2947560522.png

Definately not fine in Lerwick, just along from onion st! Lose connection every few minutes!

Thought the problem with the fibre optic cable had been fixed! My internet was fine until it was supposedly fixed now it is very slow and connection keeps dropping 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2947543900.png

Back on thread, this beauty of a chopper on the tarmac at Sumburgh today. A Eurocopter EC-155 G-CFOJ :-

Missed that one but saw this one PH-EQU

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll278/Gorwad/IMG_1892_3_4.jpg

On the 14th of Dec 1956, Fisher Lassie LK 472 broke-free of her moorings during a severe southerly storm and drove ashore at the Burn Beach. Striking the breakwater with her stem where she sank and was deemed a total loss. Her old partner, Mizpah LK 209 drove ashore during this very same storm also. Some years later they were broken-up by Willie Leask. Fisher Lassie's large, heavy keel remained visible for many years before finally being removed. It is said the rudder from the Mizpah remains embeded in the sand out from the Tee pier.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3183392482814&set=o.101341990017580&type=3

DC-6 G-SIXC in 1993 or '94

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Just googled the registration and discovered this one is a restaurant at Airbase, a working museum at Coventry.

No, it's Breatheinternet, they insist there is no problem. Doing a ping test we get a packet loss.

The SHEFA2 cable was broken yesterday at 10.15am between Orkney and the UK Mainland.

 

BT and Faroese Telecom, the main providers of connectivity between Shetland and the rest of the UK, are largely unaffected as their networks switch over to an alternative link in the event of a major failure like this. The first leg of the resilient link is carried on Shetland Islands Council’s fibre optic cable and then routes North through SHEFA2 to Torshavn in Faroe and back to the UK on the Icelandic/Faroese Cable FARICE1.

 

Some broadband customers on other provider networks, those without a resilient service, may be experiencing problems.

We have no internet at work since this happened, I telephoned ISP and a local BT engineer, the ISP said there was no problem and the BT engineer said the traffic had been rerouted and it should be working so contact ISP again. Still waiting for ISP to carry out more checks and call back!